I have (I believe) cataloged every single snap taken by a QB this year. All 20467 Pass Attempts, Rushing Attempts, and Sacks, taken by a staggering 63 Quarterbacks this season. Here is some SHOCKING data. We'll start with the not so shocking data.

To keep the list "relevant", I made a cutoff in "Meaningful Snaps". I left as many people as I could on, but Ryan Lindley was the cutoff at 187 Meaningful Snaps. That means David Carr, Kellen Clemens, Tyler Thigpen, Derek Anderson, Dan Orlovsky, Graham Harrell, Kyle Orton, Ryan Mallet, Brock Osweiler, TJ Yates, Matt Flynn, Shaun Hill, Colt McCoy, Matt Leinart, Thad Lewis, Terelle Pryor, Tim Tebow, Tyrod Taylor, Greg McElroy, Kirk Cousins, Byron Leftwich, Bryan Hoyer, Jason Campbell, and Charlie Batch, are not included in these rankings. It would skew some of the data, mainly because none of the QB's I just listed garnered 100 Meaningful Snaps. Some of them, like Ryan Mallet were Kneel Down Whipping Boys, while others, like Kyle Orton boasted 90% comp numbers (on 9 of 10 passing!)

Yes. That's Andrew Luck in 2nd place. Not only was he drafted #1, but he was asked to do the absolute MOST out of any of the rookies.

Now, We know that there is a new trend in the league to have a QB who can pick up yards with more than just his arm. I for one, believe that it's the wave of the future in the NFl. I don't think that there will be many "Pocket Passers" in the not too distant future. Maybe not RGIII's for all, but Let's see what the numbers say.

The next list is the top 10 Total Yards QB's in the league. This is Yards Passing + Yards Rushing - Yards Sacked.

Interesting. The only "running" QB to break into the top 10 this way was Mr. Newton. But have no fear, RGIII ended up #13 on the list. So maybe the league still needs an arm, but we'll see. Maybe it's just a pipe dream of mine. Or maybe, there is something to it. When adjusting the list for "Total Yards", you see that Cam jumps on the list, ahead of Rodgers, Freeman, Palmer and Schaub who threw for 4k.

But if you look a little further into Total Yards, Schaub actually falls even further, with Eli and RGIII getting ahead of him on the list. This is because Schaub can't run (he finished with negative rushing yards this season) While Manning doesn't get sacked much, and RGIII can run. That's an interesting Jump/Fall.

Has anyone else noticed that Luck has appeared on the three lists so far? Most Passing Yards, Most Yards Total, and Most meaningful Snaps? Let's see how that continues....

Next up, Let's look at Snaps per TD. This, if you haven't been paying attention is how many Snaps it takes (on average) for a QB to get a Touchdown, by either Running, or Passing. The lower the number, the better. Aaron RodgersDrew breesPeyton Manning Russell Wilson Tom BradyBen RoethlisbergerColin KaepernickAndy DaltonRGIIIMatt Ryan

Rodgers is a beast at 16.02. Matty Ice clocked in at 20.52 Interesting, we have 2 rookies on this list! RW did it every 17.33 Snaps, and RGIII did it every 20.11 (his last game killed his number). This rookie class is making a huge impact on the number. For reference, Andrew Luck was a lowly #21, with a 26.07.

Ooh boy. I see some names. Quinn and Cassell are on the same team. Is it a shocker they sucked this year? What about Lindley Skelton? Wow... So. Lindley didn't get a single TD this year. Of the others who did, Quinn did it every 118.5 snaps. That's... wow. Skelton was a 110! After that it drops off SIGNIFICANTLY #4 was Cassell at 46.14, and Gabbert was 35.33 to round out the list. Something

Now, lets look at Snaps Per INT. This, you want to be a BIG number the bigger the better. RGIIIColin KaepernickTom BradyAaron RodgersKevin KolbBen RoethlisbergerJoe FlaccoNick FolesPeyton Manning Alex Smith

Holy Crap! Look at all the fresh faces on that list! RGIII and Foles are both rookies, Colin K is a 2nd year guy (even though he would be a Rookie in baseball based on amount of playing time last year). There are 2 guys from the same team with Colin and Alex, that bodes well for a team, especially when the change is made mid season right? But back to the numbers, RGIII throws an INT ever 108.6 Snaps, Alex Smith, a flat 54.6. RGIII was the only QB over 100, Colin, the only QB in the 90's (99), Brady and Rodgers in the 80's, and then it trickles down from there.

So uh... Skelton was just bad. 24.44 Snaps per INT. That's awful. Cutler was 36.64. That means that the rest of the league fell in between 54.6 and 36.64. That's a lot of Qb's clumped in a small window.

Speaking of being fail with the ball, let's look at Snaps per Fumble. Colin K had a hot hand for sure. He tops the list of being bad at fumbling the ball.

Those are the worst of the worst. Colin did it every 33 snaps. Lindley, every 62.33. Sanchez and Foles were the only other Qb's with numbers in the 30's, but we see that Foles and Vick were both on the list. And we see RGIII hit the list. Ouch.

And these numbers are CRAZY Brady and Manning fumble so few times, their numbers made me think I did it wrong at first. 343.5 for Mr. Brady, and 313.5 for Mr. Manning. They just don't fumble. But then, Quin and Ryan were both in the 200's, Romo bottoms out the list at 119.

Snaps Per Sack. I said before I'm not sure if I like this stat, because it isn't always a QB's fault when they get sacked. But on average, these Qb's stayed upright the most.

Wow... Another Rookie on a good list?! Could have fooled me... But then, that just shows you that Weeden can't blame a bad O line for some of his problems. Eli tops the list at 30.26. He just doesn't get sacked much. neither does Peyton with a 29.86. Weeden bottoms the list at 20.43. Incidentally, no other QB in the league was above 20.

Look at that! more Qb's from the same team. Maybe Arizona needs a new Oline as a late Christmas Present. Kolb got murdered. Every 8.37 Snaps some big mean Defensive player was putting him down. Skelton, every 14.67.

Peyton posted a total that is better than his career average at 7.22. Colin K and Drew Brees were the only others above 7. RGIII was close at 6.99 and RW rounds out the top 10 at 6.55 Something I do find interesting? Colin K, RGIII, Cam, and RW are all young, dynamic QB's. They get good YPS, and they are oh right. YOUNG. That's interesting. For the record, Luck was 6yps.

Dalton loses just less than 5 yards per sack at 4.98. Schaub loses the most, at 8, and he loses a 1/3 of a yard more per sack than Palmer. Gabbert, loses 7.18, and Luck lost 6.

One last tidbit of knowledge. Luck had the third worst Comp% in the league for people with more than 100 MS at 54.07% (He is dead last if you only look at Qb's who started 10+ games. Alex Smith had the highest at over 70% (70.18) Of people who were the primary starter (since Smith got benched) Matt Ryan clocked in a 68.62% comp rate. Pretty frekking awesome if you ask me.

If there were a place where I could get the information of how many YAC's a QB was the recipient of, without having to dig through every single person he threw the ball to individually, I wouldn't be opposed to it, or finding a place that would allow me to directly query their stat DB. Sadly, I've not found a place that will allow me to do that.

Kelerei wrote:Meanwhile, in another part of the world: I was planning on picking up tickets for Day 4 (Saturday -- I'm stuck at work!) for the SA vs NZ test match. I think I now need to come up with another plan after this...

One of these days you should explain the game in brief for us, but I get the impression that it would be like a 300 inning baseball game. Or a 30 inning game where you got 20 outs per inning. Or something like that..

Easy. You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

Lol was just about to post the comedic version of the rules of cricket,

my claim to fame is managing to explain the rules of cricket to a female american that she managed to pull an aussie who was stunned by her knowledge of the beautiful game ... nothing to do with the size of her..... honest.

Apparently, one of the questions that Banner and Haslam have been asking the Coaching prospects they have interviewed is their opinion on Weeden. Banner and Haslam are reportedly not sold on him as a Franchise QB, and there are rumors that Heckert/Shurmur's belief that he could be was part of the decision to let the former go.

While I'm not sold on Weeden or McCoy, and Lewis has only had 1 game of data to look at, I'm not sure that I'm terribly excited about dropping another high round pick on a QB soon. I would almost (and I stress the almost) rather them try to pick up Alex Smith, or make a trade with the seachickens for Flynn (if it can be done cheap), Or see what King's Ransom DC would want for Cousins.

Looking over the 2013 QB Class, You have

Geno Smith, Matt Barkley, Landry Jones, And Tyler Wilson as the "cream" of the Crop this season, and I'm just not sure I believe that any of them are going to be... "Franchise" type guys.

Geno Smith Maybe? But, he's the "prize" QB of the class, so I would assume he'll be gone before our 6th pick.

Matt Barkley is from USC, and I just don't want to be the team to try and "break that curse"

Landry Jones is intriguing, I think he is a "Sleeper" sort of guy, the way that RW was this year.

And I'm not sure about Tyler Wilson. I don't watch, or care, about Arkansas football, I jsut know that people are all about him.

Then you also have Aaron Murray from Georgia. I'm just not sure if he's coming out this year.

Personally, I think the Browns need a "real" FB. A better TE. Another good LB or two to pair with Jackson, at least 1 Safety, and either a new QB, or better play from one of the three they have. That's really it. Richardson and Hardesty seem to be a good tandem in the backfield. We have a great group of young WR's in Little (who learned to catch in the second half of the season), Gordon, Cooper, Benjamin. We have a good OL, maybe need some depth. We have a great DL. I've seen people saying "They need more help on the DL" I just don't get it. Maybe to replace Rucker, but Rubin, Taylor, and Sheard are animals. We have a good shutdown Corner in Haden, Brown is getting a little old, so maybe we need another one. TJ Ward looks like a good safety, Usama Young? Not so much.

We have a good group of Skill players on Offense, even if Watson is probably the weakest link. We also have a good O Line, with Joe Thomas, and Alex Mack, and Mitchell Schwartz looks like he will be good.

Maybe the Browns can pull off a trade, or pick Smith up in FA. The last thing I want to do is see them draft some half baked QB, when there are better places to put those picks. (WTB Mantei Teo PST)

halabar wrote:I have a feeling that Barkley is gonna drop like a rock, so you might be able to get him in the 3rd or so. I still wouldn't draft him to start. Trade for Smith and draft Barkley later to be groomed.